Matej Mohorič

Matej Mohorič (born 19 October 1994) is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Mohorič turned professional in 2014. He won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships in 2018 and 2021, and the UCI Gravel World Championships in 2023.
Early and Personal Life
Born on 19 October 1994, in Kranj, Slovenia, Mohorič currently resides in Podblica, Slovenia.
Career
Mohorič won the 2012 UCI World Junior Road Race Championships and the 2013 UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships, becoming the first rider to win world junior and under-23 titles in consecutive years.
He signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.
Mohorič signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España, but he withdrew on the 6th stage. Subsequently, it was announced that he would join from 2016 on a two-year contract. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia. Mohorič secured his first Grand Tour stage win when he soloed to victory in Stage 7 of the 2017 Vuelta a España. In Stage 10 of the 2018 Giro d'Italia he took his second win in a Grand Tour, winning a two-man sprint against Nico Denz.
In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.
He participated in the 2020 Tour de France and the 2021 Tour de France, garnering two stage wins in the 2021 Tour after crashing out of the Giro two months before. His second victory came the day after a police raid on the Bahrain Victorious hotel stemming from allegations of doping; Mohorič celebrated his win by 'zipping' his lips, adding in a post-race interview, "At the end of the day I’ve got nothing to hide. I don’t care too much."
In 2022, Mohorič won the Milan-San Remo monument, attacking on the descent of the Poggio using a dropper seatpost. He defeated Jonas Vingegaard to win the 2022 CRO Race.
He won stage 19 of the 2023 Tour de France in a photo finish with Kasper Asgreen, by a margin of 0.004 seconds. He later received praise for his interview after the race.
In October 2023, Mohorič won the UCI Gravel World Championships, holding off Florian Vermeersch and Connor Swift during a solo attack in the final 20 km of the 169 km course in Veneto, Italy.
Major results
Road
2011
3rd Overall GP Général Patton
7th Overall Regio-Tour
2012
UCI Junior Road World Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
1st Overall Giro di Basilicata
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 1, 2, 3 (ITT), & 4
1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
1st Overall Junioren Radrundfahrt Oberösterreich
UEC European Road Championships
3rd Time trial
4th Road race
2013
1st Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
National Road Championships
4th Road race
4th Time trial
7th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
2014
5th Road race, National Road Championships
2015
5th Road race, National Road Championships
6th Japan Cup
2016 (1 pro win)
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour of Hainan
1st Stage 6
2017 (2)
1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España
1st Hong Kong Challenge
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour of Guangxi
8th Trofeo Laigueglia
2018 (7)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Deutschland Tour
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
1st Overall BinckBank Tour
1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria
3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
7th Giro della Toscana
2019 (1)
1st Stage 7 Tour de Pologne
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
5th Road race
3rd Gran Premio di Lugano
5th Milan–San Remo
9th Gent–Wevelgem
2020
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
10th Milan–San Remo
2021 (4)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
Tour de France
1st Stages 7 & 19
Held after Stage 7
Combativity award Stages 7 & 19
2nd Overall Benelux Tour
1st Stage 7
2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
7th Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Points classification
8th Amstel Gold Race
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
2022 (2)
1st Overall CRO Race
1st Milan–San Remo
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Gran Piemonte
4th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
5th Paris–Roubaix
9th Gent–Wevelgem
2023 (6)
1st Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Sprints classification
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 19 Tour de France
1st Stage 4 CRO Race
2nd Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Stage 5
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
6th Strade Bianche
7th Overall Renewi Tour
1st Stage 5
7th E3 Saxo Classic
8th Milan–San Remo
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
Major championships results timeline
Gravel
2023
1st UCI World Championships
References
External links
Cycling Base: Matej Mohorič
Cycling Quotient: Matej Mohorič
Cannondale-Garmin: Matej Mohorič
1994 births
Living people
Slovenian male cyclists
Slovenian Tour de France stage winners
Slovenian Vuelta a España stage winners
Slovenian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Sportspeople from Kranj
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Slovenia